1851 COMIC HISTORY of ROME SIGNED BINDING illustrated by LEECH antique

img{max-width:100%}A BECKETT, Gilbert Abbott THE COMIC HISTORY OF ROME (London): Bradbury, Evans, and Co., (1851) Illustrated by John Leech. (10 full-page hand-colored steel etchings and with smaller wood engravings in text) First edition. Size 5.5 by 8.5" xii,308 pp. Beautiful blue morocco binding, signed by binder: Root and Son with decoratively gilt-tooled spine, with two red lettering pieces Gilt edges. Marbled endpapers, with bookplate on front pastedown of John Russell Macomber (1875 – 1955) , an American financier and sportsman. An attractive copy, with perfect interior and minor wear of binding Expertly rebacked, preserving the original spine ========================= From Wikipedia: The Comic History of Rome (1851) is a humorous look at the people and events of ancient Rome from its Foundation to the Assassination of Julius Caesar. It was published by Bradbury and Evans, with text by the English humorist Gilbert Abbott a B